I took the one less travelled by…

A is for Asparagus

and avocado, and artichoke too. I’ve decided to up the health factor on my diet, and I’ve decided to approach this alphabetically. Yesterday for lunch I had some vegetable maki with cucumber and avocado. The only problem with sushi is that I can’t stop eating it.

Saturday I got creative, or rather I stole my mother’s “fix-it” recipe. Here are the ingredients:

4 eggs
4 spears of asparagus
milk (I have no idea how much, I didn’t measure, though I would guess 1/4 to 1/2 of a cup)
a cup of peas and corn
a cup of cauliflower and broccoli
1 1/2 cups of Bisquick (something no home should be without)

Directions:

Add eggs and milk to pan, and mix together as though you were making scrambled eggs.
Chop vegetables into bit-sized pieces, and add them to the egg mixture, ensuring they are well-distributed
Add Bisquick to mixture evenly
Bake at 350 degrees
Eat and enjoy!

Bonus: put the rest of it away for easy weekday lunches

Alright, so it’s not my recipe; I don’t even think it’s my mum’s recipe. Also, you don’t have to use these vegetables, this is just my preference, but I guess you could use zucchini, or carrots or even, (yuck!) mushrooms.

And, as you can see, I had a ton left over; in fact I had enough for 5 extra meals, so that’s a bonus too. I can tell you that, while this pie is still tasty as a left over, it’s best fresh, so it would be ideal for a brunch where you have a lot of people at the table, maybe a day like Christmas where you don’t usually eat much during the day, but you want to make sure you have something hearty for breakfast.

So avocado (check), asparagus (check), that now brings us to artichoke. I currently have 2 cans of artichoke hearts in my kitchen. I was making a Nicoise salad back in the spring, and I thought I needed them for that. It turns out that the recipe did not call for artichokes, and, a week later I tried a salad with artichokes on it, and, at first bite, I don’t love them. But, I am committed to giving them another chance. I was speaking to my boss this morning, and he suggested piling them on a pizza, along with a number of other vegetables (I’m thinking tomatoes and onions). It just so happens that I have a cheese pizza in my freezer, so I will report back tomorrow on the artichoke experiment.